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1) Roughing it
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His The works of Mark Twain volume 2
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English
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Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel memoir, "Roughing It" was written between 1870-1871 and subsequently published in 1872. Billed as a prequel to "Innocents Abroad", in which Twain details his travels aboard a pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867, "Roughing It" conversely documents Twain's early days in the old wild west between the years 1861-1867. Employing his characteristically humoristic wit and flare for regional dialect,...
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Originally serialized in Knickerbocker's Magazine between 1847 and 1849, The Oregon Trail is a fascinating chronicle of Francis Parkman's travels on the Oregon Trail during the summer of 1846 through the western states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. Living and hunting with a tribe of Native Americans for a period of time, Francis Parkman captures the spirit of the old west in this gripping 19th century narrative. Fans of the old west...
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Adventurous author, pioneering reporter, workaholic newspaper editor, passionate Indian rights activist, librarian, poet, anthropologist and archeologist, Charles Fletcher Lummis was a great colorful individualist who explored and popularized the American Southwest. In 1884, with a job offer to become City Editor of the Los Angeles Times, Lummis determined to walk to his new job from Ohio, covering over 3,500 miles through 8 states and territories....
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xi, 276 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 x 28 cm
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English
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A cultural history of America's most famous highway chronicles the road from its founding to its demise and unprecented revival, and celebrates the many sites and stops along its 2,400-mile route.
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422 pages : map ; 24 cm
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"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how...
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359 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cm
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English
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The original U.S. Route 66 was 2,448 miles long, and 90 percent of it can still be driven today. Antonson set out to follow that original route, tracing its rich history and discovering the vitality and American character sill beating through our heartland.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Justine Shapiro follows the Blue Ridge Parkway, journeying to Tennessee and the city of Nashville. She visits its famous country music sites and the old plantation home of US President, Andrew Jackson. Justine then hits the legendary Route 66, stopping at a giant cattle auction in Oklahoma City. She then joins the 'Trail of Tears' memorial walk for Native Americans before crossing the Texas Panhandle into Arizona where she visits the world's best...
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33 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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The story of Lucy, the chocolate retriever, whose family decides to move to Santa Fe, New Mexico. This book looks at the distress children feel about moving; the geography and history of the states they drive through; and the difficulties and reward of settling into a new place.
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